SOLUTION: Please help me solve this: You have 80 ft of fencing to enclose a rectangular yard. The yard is 10 ft wide by 30 ft long. What is the area of the rectangular yard?

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Question 1144900: Please help me solve this: You have 80 ft of fencing to enclose a rectangular yard. The yard is 10 ft wide by 30 ft long. What is the area of the rectangular yard?
Answer by ikleyn(52781) About Me  (Show Source):
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The area of a rectangle is the product of the length and the width.

Having this info and instruction, complete the rest on your own.


The info about the total perimeter of 80 yards is EXCESSIVE, NON-NECESSARY and IRRELEVANT.